Top LACs and SAT scores discrepancy

<p>“Do you have a reference link?”</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/182193/original/AmherstCollegeSSR_2013.pdf[/url]”>https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/182193/original/AmherstCollegeSSR_2013.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“But aren’t admitted numbers a little misleading? Because isn’t Amherst’s yield rate 30-40%?”</p>

<p>Yeah, but you have to get in first before you can turn down their offer. If a significant proportion of admitted students are exceedingly well-qualified, you’re going to want to fall in that proportion to have a fighting chance.</p>